Pedestal

(noun.) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).

(noun.) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); 'they put him on a pedestal'.

埃米莉录入

• All was quiet with him, save that a long inscription had appeared that morning upon the pedestal of the sundial. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Without pedestal--so high--' he measured with his hand--'with pedestal, so--' He looked at her steadily. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It stood on a small pedestal table with an old dressing-gown of Holmes's so draped round it that the illusion from the street was absolutely perfect. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Ah--which is the bust and which is the pedestal? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We had an open lamp, and when we opened the pedestal, it blew the doors off, and blew out the windows, and knocked me down, and the other man. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• On that granite pedestal a cast-iron pier was raised to a height of 100 feet, the level of the roadway of the rails. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He saw on the pedestal, that the piece was called 'Lady Godiva. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She is the companion of the gods, the joy of heaven, the light of the earth, the pedestal of justice, and the basis of good policy. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• More remarkable by being so removed from the crowd it was among than if it had been lifted on a pedestal to be seen, the figure attracted all eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Mr Boffin, declining rum, being still elevated on his pedestal, was in a convenient position to be addressed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She dropped her watering-pot and stepped down from the pedestal. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She was close to the inscription on the side of the pedestal. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I cried, leaping to the Pedestal of Truth once more. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I stopped before the pedestal from which the cross rose. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Finally I opened the pedestal--a storehouse for tools, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

校对:潘西